7 Things to do this week...
1 THE BREAKWATER: This new one-act play by the Wexford playwright and filmmaker Eamonn Colfer, a brother of the author Eoin Colfer, will be presented at the Jerome Hynes Theatre in the National Opera House from Thursday November 9 to Sunday November 12 at 8 pm each night. The production takes the form of a 50-minute one-man show featuring Hyper Monroe, a man who has been exiled from the town to the breakwater where he conducts one-sided conversations with the woman he left behind, the friend who escaped without him and the man who put him there in the first place. Monroe is played by Ronán P Byrne, who won a Best Actor Award in the 2015 All-Ireland Drama Festival for his role in Stolen Child. He recently appeared in The Kill God and The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde. Eamonn Colfer’s National Opera House project comes hot on the heels of brother Eoin’s Opera Festival production of ‘My Real Life’, starring Don Wycherley in the same venue. Last year, Eamonn had a successful production of his one-act play Dumpton in Fusion Cafe during the festival. 2 DAVID O’DOHERTY: The popular comedian and musician will take to the stage at Wexford Arts Centre on November 11 at 8 p.m. His show David O’Doherty, the Audi Buble, the Ryanair Enya is an evening of O’Doherty’s latest jokes and songs. David has spent the last year on tour around America with Flight of the Conchords and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Over Christmas he sold out a recordbreaking eleven nights at Whelan’s and has just completed his largest ever UK tour. He also appears on television shows such as QI, Have I Got News For You, 8 out of 10 Cats and Would I Lie to You and has also hosted Nevermind the Buzzocks. 3 ANNUAL FERNS CHURCH CONCERT: It’s that time of year again and St Aidan’s Church in Ferns is set to come alive to the sound of music as the annual Parish Concert takes place on Wednesday night, November 8, at 8 p.m. Returning by popular demand this year will be Louise Morrissey and the evening will also feature music from Gerry
Guthrie and Theresa and the Stars. Tickets for the evening are €10 from the Parish Office. 4 CATHERINE FULVIO COOKERY DEMO: Celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio will entertain and inform with a cookery demonstration on Thursday, November 9, in Seafield Hotel, Ballymoney. An artisan food and craft fair will kick off the evening from 6.45 p.m. and the demonstration will begin at 7.45 p.m. The event is in aid of the Gorey Hockey Club Pitch Fund. Tickets at €20 are available from Alan Redmond Butchers, Gorey, and club members. 5 GOREY DRAMA FESTIVAL: The Gorey One
Act Drama Festival begins on Thursday, November 9, with a wine reception at 8 p.m. The line up of plays is as follows: Thursday, November 9: ‘The Last of the Last of the Mohicans’, Wayside Players; ‘Something Unspoken’, Coolgreany. Friday, November 10, 8 p.m.: ‘Shakespeare’s a Dick’, Enniscorthy; ‘Walter’, PIC Players; ‘The Bear’, Kilmuckridge. Saturday, November 11, 7.30 p.m. ‘Victor’s Dung’, Moat Club; ‘Tom’, Take 5; ‘Ragman’, The Venue Theatre. Tickets are €12. See www.goreytheatre.ie. 6 THE 2017 Wexford Style fashion show is due to take place at The Street at the County
Hall at 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 11. The show, organised by Wexford Chamber in association with Joyces Expert Wexford and Dyson and Donohoe Skoda, will begin with a champagne reception before the models take to the catwalk. TV presenter, online influencer and fashion writer Darren Kennedy will be the host for this year’s show. A stellar line up is planned for this year’s show, which will showcase the best of the Autumn/ Winter Collections by 17 of County Wexford’s most exciting boutiques. 7 THE CHAPEL SESSIONS: The Chapel Sessions once again return to the beautiful surroundings of The Presentation Centre in Enniscorthy offering some of the finest musical talent that Wexford has to offer - free of charge! The latest instalment takes place this Friday night at 8 p.m. and will see performances from Stephen O’Brien, Acko Atkinson and Mick Egan. O’Brien is flying high from the release of his debut album ‘Decency Week’, while Atkinson has gained notoriety from fronting 90s rockers Grasshopper and performed alongside some huge names. Egan is a genuine legend of the Wexford music scene with a real Dylan-esque quality and all three are sure to combine for a great night. Have you an event for our What’s On pages? email the details (with a picture, if possible) to: whatson@peoplenews.ie